diff --git a/pkg/apis/autoscaling/install/install.go b/pkg/apis/autoscaling/install/install.go
index 3740aee3155..424fc5ce85d 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/autoscaling/install/install.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/autoscaling/install/install.go
@@ -40,6 +40,5 @@ func Install(scheme *runtime.Scheme) {
 	utilruntime.Must(v2.AddToScheme(scheme))
 	utilruntime.Must(v2beta1.AddToScheme(scheme))
 	utilruntime.Must(v1.AddToScheme(scheme))
-	// TODO: move v2 to the front of the list in 1.24
-	utilruntime.Must(scheme.SetVersionPriority(v1.SchemeGroupVersion, v2.SchemeGroupVersion, v2beta1.SchemeGroupVersion, v2beta2.SchemeGroupVersion))
+	utilruntime.Must(scheme.SetVersionPriority(v2.SchemeGroupVersion, v1.SchemeGroupVersion, v2beta1.SchemeGroupVersion, v2beta2.SchemeGroupVersion))
 }
diff --git a/pkg/controlplane/storageversionhashdata/data.go b/pkg/controlplane/storageversionhashdata/data.go
index e26b44d57dd..b7dd6f7844e 100644
--- a/pkg/controlplane/storageversionhashdata/data.go
+++ b/pkg/controlplane/storageversionhashdata/data.go
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ var GVRToStorageVersionHash = map[string]string{
 	"v1/secrets":                "S6u1pOWzb84=",
 	"v1/serviceaccounts":        "pbx9ZvyFpBE=",
 	"v1/services":               "0/CO1lhkEBI=",
-	"autoscaling/v1/horizontalpodautoscalers": "oQlkt7f5j/A=",
-	"autoscaling/v2/horizontalpodautoscalers": "oQlkt7f5j/A=",
+	"autoscaling/v1/horizontalpodautoscalers": "qwQve8ut294=",
+	"autoscaling/v2/horizontalpodautoscalers": "qwQve8ut294=",
 	"batch/v1/jobs":     "mudhfqk/qZY=",
 	"batch/v1/cronjobs": "sd5LIXh4Fjs=",
 	"certificates.k8s.io/v1/certificatesigningrequests":                "95fRKMXA+00=",
diff --git a/test/integration/etcd/data.go b/test/integration/etcd/data.go
index 2ac3c88f5d4..1f82bee2593 100644
--- a/test/integration/etcd/data.go
+++ b/test/integration/etcd/data.go
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ func GetEtcdStorageDataForNamespace(namespace string) map[schema.GroupVersionRes
 		gvr("autoscaling", "v1", "horizontalpodautoscalers"): {
 			Stub:             `{"metadata": {"name": "hpa2"}, "spec": {"maxReplicas": 3, "scaleTargetRef": {"kind": "something", "name": "cross"}}}`,
 			ExpectedEtcdPath: "/registry/horizontalpodautoscalers/" + namespace + "/hpa2",
+			ExpectedGVK:      gvkP("autoscaling", "v2", "HorizontalPodAutoscaler"),
 		},
 		// --
 
@@ -135,7 +136,6 @@ func GetEtcdStorageDataForNamespace(namespace string) map[schema.GroupVersionRes
 		gvr("autoscaling", "v2", "horizontalpodautoscalers"): {
 			Stub:             `{"metadata": {"name": "hpa4"}, "spec": {"maxReplicas": 3, "scaleTargetRef": {"kind": "something", "name": "cross"}}}`,
 			ExpectedEtcdPath: "/registry/horizontalpodautoscalers/" + namespace + "/hpa4",
-			ExpectedGVK:      gvkP("autoscaling", "v1", "HorizontalPodAutoscaler"),
 		},
 		// --
 
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ func GetEtcdStorageDataForNamespace(namespace string) map[schema.GroupVersionRes
 		gvr("autoscaling", "v2beta1", "horizontalpodautoscalers"): {
 			Stub:             `{"metadata": {"name": "hpa1"}, "spec": {"maxReplicas": 3, "scaleTargetRef": {"kind": "something", "name": "cross"}}}`,
 			ExpectedEtcdPath: "/registry/horizontalpodautoscalers/" + namespace + "/hpa1",
-			ExpectedGVK:      gvkP("autoscaling", "v1", "HorizontalPodAutoscaler"),
+			ExpectedGVK:      gvkP("autoscaling", "v2", "HorizontalPodAutoscaler"),
 		},
 		// --
 
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ func GetEtcdStorageDataForNamespace(namespace string) map[schema.GroupVersionRes
 		gvr("autoscaling", "v2beta2", "horizontalpodautoscalers"): {
 			Stub:             `{"metadata": {"name": "hpa3"}, "spec": {"maxReplicas": 3, "scaleTargetRef": {"kind": "something", "name": "cross"}}}`,
 			ExpectedEtcdPath: "/registry/horizontalpodautoscalers/" + namespace + "/hpa3",
-			ExpectedGVK:      gvkP("autoscaling", "v1", "HorizontalPodAutoscaler"),
+			ExpectedGVK:      gvkP("autoscaling", "v2", "HorizontalPodAutoscaler"),
 		},
 		// --